The Hogwarts Train had long since departed the school and was now heading towards Kings Cross Station. As usual, all of the carts were packed full of kids. One cart, in particular, safely carried 5 teenagers eager to return home. Two girls sat on one side of the cart, and three boys on the other. The oldest boy was thoroughly showing off his magical abilities.
"Hey guys, take a good look at what I was taught this year!" he said. He went over and presses his back as far as he could to the wall and closed his eyes as he readied himself. After taking a deep breath, he muttered the spell.
"Apparate!" With that, he disappeared. A moment later, he reappeared on cushion of the girl's seat. But when he reappeared, he accidently hit his shoulder on the suitcase shelf above him. The shelf broke and suitcases came tumbling down on the girls.
"OW! JAMES!" The older girl cried out.
"Why did you have to Apparate in a tiny room like this! Something like this was bound to happen!" she scolded him as she combed out her bushy red hair with her fingertips.
"Look, I'm sorry! Geez, what is it with you Rose? Whenever something like this happens, you always act like the world's gonna end or something!" James said as he rubbed his shoulder.
"Still, you shouldn't do that! Lily, are you ok?" Rose said as she shoved a couple suitcases off of the girl next to her. A girl with long red hair popped out of the suitcases, cupping the right side of her face.
"Ow! I'm not sure. I think I got cut somewhere on my face!" Lily harshly whispered in pain. She pulled her hand away to find a good pool of blood on it. Everyone gasped a bit as they all saw a tiny gash run from above her eyebrow down toward the middle of her cheek.
"Oh my God! Sis, I'm sorry!" James exclaimed as he saw the blood dripping from his sister's face. One of the younger boys stood up from the other side and stepped toward Lily.
"Crap! James, how're we gonna explain this to mom and dad!" he exclaimed as he looked as Lily's face in horror.
"How should I know Albus?" James harshly said to his younger brother. The last boy rose up from his seat and went over toward Rose.
"Sis, can't you do something for her? I mean, you're the smart one!" he whispered to his sister.
"Give me a second Hugo! I'm trying to think!" Rose said as she pulled a towel from her suitcase and wiped away the blood from Lily's face. After a few moments, she finally pulled out a wand from her pocket and pointed it toward Lily's face. Despite Lily's trust in Rose's abilities, a wand straight in the face would make anyone nervous.
"Don't worry. Just stay calm for a minute." Rose said kindly to Lily. After a moment, Lily felt her gash heal and patch itself up. Rose lowered her want with a disappointed look on her face.
"Darn it! Sorry Lily. I could heal the gash, but couldn't get rid of some of the scar." Rose said apologetically.
"What? For real!" Lily said as she dug through her suitcase that had fallen on top of her. She grabbed the tiny, handheld mirror and held it up towards her face. Sure enough, there was a tiny, thin scar running from her eyebrow to just below her eye.
"Oh bloody hell!" Lily exclaimed. Suddenly, they all heard a bunch of snickering outside of their carriage door. Another group of teenagers were all gathered outside their window and snickering and cruelly smiling at them.
"Oh great. Just what we need; a group of freakish Slytherin brats hanging around outside our door." Hugo whispered to his sister.
"Don't worry sis. I'm a graduated Hogwarts student; so now I can use magic whenever I want! I'll teach those bastards a lesson!" James said as he slyly smiled and grabbed his wand from his pocket. Just as he was about to walk over to the carriage door, the Slytherin kids glanced over to the side and started walking down the hall. As they all walked away from the carriage window, a lone figure stepped in. He was so tall that his head barely reached the top of the carriage window; and he had a thin, yet slightly muscular body to match. He had pale colored skin with long, light blonde hair. Even in its usual middle height ponytail, it reached towards the middle of his back. He then glanced over at the group inside the carriage with emotionless grey eyes. After inspecting the room and the tiny group, he stepped away. After a moment, James put his wand back in disappointment.
"Great. Just when I get the chance to finally teach those punks a lesson, Scorpius Malfoy has to get involved and steal my glory. And what's up with that guy anyway? He's so cold and emotionless towards everybody, even towards his own fellow Slytherins! I swear…he creeps me out sometimes." James said. Rose looked up from repacking her suitcase.
"Well, don't worry about it now. Just help pack the rest of the bags while I fix the shelf." She strictly said as she grabbed her wand again.
"Yes mom." James teased, only to get a smack in the back of the head. Lily and Hugo took the opportunity and grabbed some Sickles form their open suitcases.
"You guys want something sweet? It's still gonna be a while before we reach Kings Cross Station." Hugo said. Rose was about to reject the offer, but James caught her move and interrupted her.
"Yeah! You guys go right on ahead! I don't care what, just, anything will be fine!" James exclaimed. Both of them then quickly exited the carriage to find the lady with the tray of sweets. Rose then glared back at James.
"Well James, because you just let them go to get you something sweet, that means you're going to help me pack the rest of these suitcases and place them back on the shelf before you get anything!" she scolded. James looked around the tiny carriage. There were at least tree suitcases that still had clothes and school supplies scattered all around them.
"Oh crap." James said. As he started packing the bags, Lily and Hugo returned with both of their arms full of sweets.
"Oh, for God's sake!" James complained. Albus just snickered as he sat with his younger sister and cousin and opened up a chocolate frog.